Cuttlefish use startle displays, but not against large predators

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 847-856

  Langridge, Keri V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adaptive coloration; antipredator defence; cephalopod; cuttlefish; deimatic behaviour; eyespot; lepidoptera; selective signal; Sepia officinalis; startle display

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BODY SIZE; CEPHALOPOD; COLOR; DISPLAY BEHAVIOR; PERCIFORM; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SURVIVAL; TELEOST;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CEPHALOPODA; DICENTRARCHUS LABRAX; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; MUSTELUS CANIS CANIS; MUSTELUS MUSTELUS; SEPIA OFFICINALIS; SEPIIDAE; SERRANIDAE; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 62149129718     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.11.023     Document Type: Article

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